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Dôme Records
Dome Records is a British record label which has existed since 1992, specialising in soul music, soul and contemporary R&B music. History The label, also known as Dôme Records, was formed in 1992, and has consistently been voted as the United Kingdom's leading black music label, by readers of ''Blues & Soul'' magazine.Dome RecordsAbout Us. Retrieved 2011-11-13. Artists signed by Dome Records include Beverley Knight, Hill St Soul, Dennis Taylor, Eric Roberson, Tortured Soul, Incognito (band), Incognito, Brenda Russell, Rahsaan Patterson, Donnie (singer), Donnie, Angela Johnson (singer), Angela Johnson, Martha Redbone, Carleen Anderson, George Duke, Full Flava and Don-E. The label also issued Lulu (singer), Lulu's ''Independence (Lulu album), Independence'' album in 1993, with a title track that became particularly popular in Europe. "I'm Back for More", a duet on the album with Lulu and Bobby Womack, became the label's first chart success. Dome Records is also the British label f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Music
Soul music is a popular music genre that originated in African-American culture, African-American African-American neighborhood, communities throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Catchy rhythms, stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body movements, are an important hallmark of soul. Other characteristics are a Call and response (music), call and response between the lead and Backing vocalist, backing vocalists, an especially tense vocal sound, and occasional Musical improvisation, improvisational additions, twirls, and auxiliary sounds. Soul music is known for reflecting African-American identity and stressing the importance of African-American culture. Soul has its roots in African-American gospel music and rhythm and blues, and primarily combines elements of gospel, R&B and jazz. The genre emerged from the power struggle to increase black Americans' awareness of their African ancestry, as a newfound consciousness led to the creation of music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don-E
Don-E (born Donald McLean, in Brixton, London, England) is a British soul singer, songwriter, musician and producer. Don-E is most well known for his début single, "Love Makes the World Go Round" which reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992. Career Don-E's interest in music began when his father, a South London pastor, gave him a home-made guitar for his fifth birthday. After taking an interest in his parents' collection of gospel and soul, he moved onto funk, reggae, jazz and pop. Whilst still only 19, Don-E was signed to Island Records and recorded his debut, ''Unbreakable'', which was released in 1992 shortly after the summer hit, "Love Makes the World Go Round" scaled the international charts. Don-E wrote and produced the album, as well as providing the majority of the instrumentation. UK 'urban jazz' guitarist Ronny Jordan played on two of the album tracks. Following the lack of chart success of his second recording, ''Changing Seasons'', Don-E left Island Record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The B-Funk
''The B-Funk'' is the debut studio album by the British R&B and soul singer-songwriter Beverley Knight. It was released on 26 November 1995 by independent record label Dome Records. Release and reception ''The B-Funk'' was released in November 1995 on independent record label Dome Records. It received wide critical acclaim by the urban media in Britain with '' Echoes'' magazine labelling it "the best British soul album ever" and ''Billboard'' magazine stating that "this lady is on her way to becoming an international star."Review- Review. ''Echoes Magazine'' and Billboard reactions, detailed on Dome Records website. Retrieved 1 May 2006. The album was also named Album of the Year by ''Blues & Soul'' in 1996, also earning Knight R&B Act of the Year at the 1996 Black Music Awards in London. However, the commercial success of the album did not match its critical acclaim, peaking at number 145 on the UK Albums Chart. In total, six singles were released from the album, including tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the publishing division, Sony Music Publishing. Founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation, it was acquired by the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1938 and renamed Columbia Recording Corporation. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records. Sony bought the company in 1988 and renamed it SME in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50–50 joint venture known as Sony BMG to handle the operations of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), but Sony bought out Bertelsmann's stake four years later and reverted to using the 1991 company name. This buyout led to labels formerly under BMG ownership, including Arista, Jive, LaFace and J Records into former BMG and currently Sony's co-flagship record lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records () is a British independent record label that was founded in 1968. The name is both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders' names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis. It started as the Ellis-Wright Agency. History Early years In an interview for Jethro Tull's video '' 20 Years of Jethro Tull'', released in 1988, Wright states, "''Chrysalis Records'' might have come into being anyway, you never know what might have happened, but ''Chrysalis Records'' really came into being because Jethro Tull couldn't get a record deal and MGM couldn't even get their name right on the record". This was after the single " Sunshine Day/Aeroplane" was incorrectly credited to 'Jethro Toe'. Chrysalis entered into a licensing deal with Chris Blackwell's Island Records for distribution, based on the success of bands such as Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, and Procol Harum, which were promoted by the label. Jethro Tull signed with Reprise Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop music, pop, classical music, classical, rock music, rock, hip hop, afrobeat, electronic music, electronic, Contemporary R&B, R&B, blues, jazz, and country music, country. The label's name is derived from the initials of its now defunct parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). After the RCA Corporation was purchased by General Electric in 1986, RCA Records was fully acquired by Bertelsmann in 1987, making it a part of Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG); following the merger of BMG and Sony in 2004, RCA Records became a label of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. In 2008, after the dissolution of Sony/BMG and the restructuring of Sony Music, RCA Records became fully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberation Frequency
Liberation or liberate may refer to: Film and television * ''Liberation'' (film series), a 1970–1971 series about the Great Patriotic War * "Liberation" (''The Flash''), a TV episode * "Liberation" (''K-9''), an episode Gaming * '' Liberation: Captive 2'', an Amiga computer game, 1993 * '' Killzone: Liberation'', for PlayStation Portable, 2006 * '' Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'', 2012 * ''Liberated'' (video game), 2020 Media * ''Liberation'' (magazine), American pacifist magazine published 1956 to 1977 *''Libération'', a French newspaper * ''Libération'' (Morocco), a Moroccan newspaper * ''Libération'' (newspaper, 1941–1964), a French newspaper * ''Liberation News'', the newspaper of the Party for Socialism and Liberation *'' Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America'', a novel by Brian Francis Slattery, 2008 *''Oslobođenje'' ('Liberation'), a Bosnian newspaper Music Albums * ''Liberation'' (1349 al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imran Mirza
Imran, also transliterated as Emran ( ''ʿImrān'') is an Arabic name. The name Imran is found in the Quranic chapter called Family of ʿImrān (''āl ʿImrān''). It may refer to: Given name * Imran, father of Mary in the Quran: see Joachim (Imran) * Imran, father of Moses in the Quran: see Amram * āl ʿimrān, the 3rd Chapter in the Quran * Imran (cricketer), Afghan cricketer * Imran Abbas, Pakistani actor * Imran Abbas (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer * Imran Amed, Canadian-British fashion expert and founder of ''The Business of Fashion'' * Imran Arif, Pakistani-born English cricketer * Imran Aslam (actor), Pakistani television actor * Imran Aslam (journalist), Pakistani journalist and media personality * Imran Awan, Pakistani-American Information Technology worker * Imran Awan (cricketer), Pakistani born American cricketer * Emran bin Bahar, Bruneian diplomat * Imran Farhat (born 1982), Pakistani cricketer * Imraan Faruque, American designer and author * Imran Gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMI Records
EMI Records (formerly EMI Records Ltd.) is a British multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was originally founded as a British flagship label by the music company EMI in 1972, and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia Graphophone Company, Columbia and Parlophone record labels. The label was later launched worldwide. It has a branch in India called EMI Records India, run by director Mohit Suri. In 2014, Universal Music Japan revived the label in Japan as the successor to EMI Records Japan. In June 2020, Universal revived the label as the successor to Virgin EMI, with Virgin Records now operating as an imprint of EMI Records. In February 2024, UMG Philippines relaunched EMI as a successor to PolyEast Records, the former EMI Philippines label after 22 years. History An EMI Records Ltd. legal entity was created in 1956 as the record manufacturing and distribution arm of EMI in the UK. It oversaw EMI's various labels, including Gramophon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Robinson (producer)
Peter Robinson may refer to: Entertainment * Peter Robinson (sideshow artist) (1873–1947), American actor and sideshow performer, known for his appearance in film ''Freaks'' (1932) * J. Peter Robinson (born 1945), British musician and film score composer * Peter Robinson (conductor) (born 1949), British conductor * Peter Robinson (novelist) (1950–2022), British-born Canadian crime writer * Peter Charles Robinson or Pete McCarthy (1951–2004), British comedian * Peter Robinson (poet) (born 1953), British poet and professor * Peter Robinson (New Zealand musician) (1958–2016), New Zealand musician * Peter Robinson (artist) (born 1966), New Zealand artist of Maori descent * Peter Robinson (Australian musician), founder of Australian band The Strangers * Peter Manning Robinson, film score composer, see ''The Maddening'' * Peter Robinson or Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), British pop singer Politics * Peter Robinson (Canadian politician) (1785–1838) * Peter Robinson (spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Gold
Andrew Maurice Gold (August 2, 1951 – June 3, 2011) was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who influenced much of the Los Angeles-dominated pop rock, pop/soft rock sound in the 1970s. Gold performed on scores of records by other artists, especially Linda Ronstadt, and had his own success with the U.S. top 40 hits "Lonely Boy (Andrew Gold song), Lonely Boy" (1977) and "Thank You for Being a Friend" (1978), as well as the UK Singles Chart, UK top five hit "Never Let Her Slip Away" (1978). In the 1980s, he had further international chart success as one half of Wax (UK band), Wax, a collaboration with 10cc's Graham Gouldman. During the 1990s, Gold produced, composed, performed on and wrote tracks for films, commercials, and television soundtracks, such as "Final Frontier", the theme of the sitcom ''Mad About You''. Some of his older works experienced newfound popularity: "Thank You for Being a Friend" sung by another performer was used as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
